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Aycliffe stairlift firm targets direct sales expansion

By Martin Walker June 28th, 2016 In Business 0 comments

A stairlift manufacturer, which exports across the globe, is targeting new markets selling direct to consumers in the UK. Newton Aycliffe manufacturer MediTek Stairlifts, which also has a site in North Carolina in the US, exports more than 3,000 of its lifts per year across Europe, Australia and America. But now the company, which employs 30...

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Government urged to honour funding commitment

By Martin Walker June 28th, 2016 In News 0 comments

Durham County Council is calling on the government to honour its commitment to funding any new burdens imposed on local authorities. The call is being made specifically in advance of planned changes to how deaths are certified, which are predicated to put additional budget pressures on the council. The Ministry of Justice is currently...

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£500k funding to help people hit by welfare reforms

By Martin Walker June 28th, 2016 In Community 0 comments

Durham County Council’s cabinet has approved the allocation of an extra £500,000 to help over 25-year-olds from across the county improve their job prospects. The funding will come from the Welfare Assistance Scheme and will be transferred to the council’s Employment and Employability Initiatives scheme. The funding will help reduce...

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Sainsbury’s backs council’s recycling campaign

By Martin Walker June 28th, 2016 In News 0 comments

Durham County Council has teamed up with a national retailer to urge people to recycle more. Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is backing the national Good to Know campaign run locally by the council, which aims to encourage people who already recycle to do a little bit more. Sainsbury's Arnison Centre Durham store has already been displaying...

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Man in ‘serious’ condition after Aycliffe assault

By Martin Walker June 27th, 2016 In News 0 comments

A man who asked youths to be quiet has been left with serious injuries after an assault in Newton Aycliffe. Officers were called to Dalton Way in the town just before 11.30pm on Saturday (25th June) after receiving reports of an injured man lying in the street. It is believed that the victim, a 44-year-old local man, had left his home to...

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Feature: Businesses are in safe hands

By Martin Walker June 27th, 2016 In Business 0 comments

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker meets a growing Aycliffe family firm which is winning local and regional plaudits... AAA Caring Caretaker does exactly what it says on the tin – and when you get an insight into this family firm, you can see it’s living up to its name. Winners of the Employer of the Year category at Aycliffe Business...

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Cricket Scoreboard: Aycliffe draw as rain stops play

By Martin Walker June 27th, 2016 In Cricket 0 comments

A round-up of the weekend's cricket action... Saturday 25th June – NYSD Division 2 Yarm 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was sunshine and showers. Yarm won the toss and asked Aycliffe to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 237 for 9 after 50 overs Michael Howe 65, Luke Telford 55 and Mark Woodhead 38 Yarm 1st XI 124 for 5 after...

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Phil Joss memorial day raises £3,280

By Martin Walker June 24th, 2016 In News 0 comments

A memorial day for Newtonian Phil Joss has raised thousands of pounds for charity. Phil tragically died in a motorcycle accident on Middridge Road, in between Rushyford and Woodham Golf Club, on 7th June 2015, aged just 55. His wife Lydia and brother-in-law Tony Norton organised a memorial event a year on, which was held at Aycliffe Big Club...

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Last chance to secure space in Aycliffe’s only business magazine!

By Martin Walker June 24th, 2016 In Business 0 comments

Aycliffe Today’s business magazine is the only publication which is exclusively mailed direct to every firm on Aycliffe Business Park. Companies have until 5pm today (Friday) to book their space in the July-August issue, due out in a couple of weeks. We only have limited space available – a full page or two half-page slots – and...

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Oxford & Cambridge graduate joins Aycliffe school

By Martin Walker June 24th, 2016 In Community 0 comments

In order to become a qualified teacher, most people will go to university and study for a degree and then go on to study for their Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). Although there are other routes in to teaching, the majority of teachers at Woodham Academy have gained their qualifications this way. One member of staff at Woodham...

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